Surgical outcomes of spinal fusion for osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral fractures in patients with Parkinson's disease: what is the impact of Parkinson's disease on surgical outcome?
Kei WatanabeKeiichi KatsumiMasayuki OhashiYohei ShibuyaTomohiro IzumiToru HiranoNaoto EndoTakashi KaitoTomoya YamashitaHiroyasu FujiwaraYukitaka NagamotoYuji MatsuokaHidekazu SuzukiHirosuke NishimuraHidetomi TeraiKoji TamaiAtsushi TagamiSyuta YamadaShinji AdachiToshitaka YoshiiShuta UshioKatsumi HarimayaKenichi KawaguchiNobuhiko YokoyamaHidekazu OishiToshiro DoiAtsushi KimuraHirokazu InoueGen InoueMasayuki MiyagiWataru SaitoAtsushi NakanoDaisuke SakaiTadashi NukagaShota IkegamiMasayuki ShimizuToshimasa FutatsugiSeiji OhtoriTakeo FuruyaSumihisa OritaShiro ImagamaKei AndoKazuyoshi KobayashiKatsuhito KiyasuHideki MurakamiKatsuhito YoshiokaShoji SekiMichio HongoKenichiro KakutaniTakashi YurubeYasuchika AokiMasashi OshimaMasahiko TakahataAkira IwataHirooki EndoTetsuya AbeToshinori TsukanishiKazuyoshi NakanishiKota WatanabeTomohiro HikataSatoshi SuzukiNorihiro IsogaiEijiro OkadaHaruki FunaoSeiji UedaYuta ShionoKenya NojiriNaobumi HosoganeKen IshiiPublished in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2019)
A similar surgical strategy can be applicable to patients with PD with OVF in the thoracolumbar junction. However, physicians should pay extra attention to intensive perioperative care to prevent various adverse events and implement a rehabilitation regimen to regain walking ability.